HAPPY SUMMER! :) welcoming a new season, with spirit, adventures, and sunshine! :)

HAPPY SUMMER SEASON!!! :) OH MY!!! :) SUNNY SMILES on this sweet classic, and golden first day of SUMMER!!! : )The summer sun is shining bright, and all of the nature is glowing, with a wonderful spirit of the season! :) We're enjoying a beautiful 1st day of Summer! :) shopping, nature, tending the plants, and a scenic countryside car ride home! :) iced coffee cheers! iced green tea cheers! :) this day is rocking, and sunshine rolling! :) Woot! :) my mom, dad, and i enjoyed an awesome time shopping today :) we went to the dollar store, and walmart :) it was a browsing around shopping adventure, finding some nice gifts, and treasures :) i bought some treats too! :) i got some nice tortilla wraps at the dollar store, and some caramel syrup for when i make homemade iced coffees :) i really wanted to try the syrup :) i bought some cool aquarium grow kits, for Kaylal and Taylynn :) they went out today, to visit with Taylynn's dad's parents :) they had a picnic! :) my mom, dad, and i cruise over to dunkin donuts, and cumberland farms :) We got some nice iced cold drinks, and then took a nice scenic countryside route home, we saw the Thames River, Pequot Bridge, the Fort Shantock, we even saw where we go blueshell crabbing :) it's an amazingly sunny day! :) i took lots of cool pictures, plus new pictures of our plants to share with everyone :) the plants are growing wild! :) our shopping experiences went really well today :) i got some really nice gifts, and treasures, that i am so very happy and excited about! :) i'm gonna write some cards, tomorrow, and also going to do some gardening :) weeding the gardens, and planting more string beans, and sunflowers :) We're loading up the gardens, for that SUMMER GROWING TIME! : )my dad and i were checking in on our plants this morning ,i gave the plants a nice watering :) it's a beautiful 1st day of summer season : )our dear friend Holly and i are going to watch treasures themed videos on youtube tonight, and the new episode of ghost adventures :) it's gonna be awesome!!! :) CHEERS!!! to family, friends, to spirited joys, and awesome times, we all have to celebrate, this beautiful new season :) The season is glowing already, and we have lots more to look forward too :) SUNNY SMILES! :)
ICED COFFEE CHEERS!!! on this beautiful 1st day of Summer season! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family and i hope everyone is enjoying a beautiful day, with lots of sunshine, and spirited joys :) i am smiling and smiling! :) i'm sipping a nice iced coffee, i got a green tea in the freezer for later :) i got sunny sunshine glowing in my heart :) it's the 1st day of the summer season! :) That sun sure is shining today, with the beautiful joys of the season :) We're so very happy, and thrilled, to celebrate the new season with everyone :) it's that time now, where it stays light outside, until after 8pm! :) everyone knows, i'm solar powered by that sunshine! hehe! :) i love it!!! :) this time, of the season, from sunrise, through sunset, i get to check in on the plants, bringing everyone deep within the heart of our yard, and gardens, taking pictures of the plants :) i love this time of the year :)
We're enjoying a really wonderful 1st day of Summer :) Kayla and Taylynn went to visit with Taylynn's dad's parents today :) They packed a nice lunch, and went to have a picnic at the park :) they love going out on saturday's :) This morning, they were having lots of fun playing outside with their friends, and little Mikey and Jenn came over to visit :) The sun was rising up this morning, early, as the summer season officially began at 6:51am :) i did a little sunny cheer, at that exact moment, knowing summer time is here! :)and it's a time to celebrate!!! :) my family and i love the weekends, especially during this time of the year :) There always seems to be so much going on, from the spirit and joys of the nice relaxing weekends, going out, shopping, gardening, and countryside car rides :) there's so much my family and i love about this time of the year, we love to celebrate it to the fullest, with you and your family's :)
This morning as the SUMMER SUN rised and shined, for the 1st time of the season, i got a big bowl of goodies, heard the red cardinal singing happily, and i ventured out into our yard, and gardens, to feed our nature animal friends, and checking in on the plants :) some adorable sparrows birds were waiting for me outside, as they were so excited, i was putting breads, dried corn, and peanuts on the bird feeder :) i brewed in the fresh crisp morning air :) i found out, on this awesome 1st day of summer, we have over 15 hours of sunlight, which makes it one of the most lightest, and sunniest days of the year :) a very special welcome, to the Summer season, and the summer sun! :)
Our plants, are doing incredible!!! :) oh my! :) we got lots and lots of growing going on :) my dad joined me in our yard, and garden this morning, as we were checking the plants :) we love our garden and nature walks/talks :) we are thrilled, about how well the plants are doing : )potato plant, growing wild, pumpkin plants, tomato plants blossoming, plus we got pepper plants growing and growing :) 2 of our sunflowers, "Sunny" and "Sunshine", both are approaching 4 feet tall! :) oh my! :) REACH FOR THAT SUMMER SUN SUNFLOWERS!!! :) i am so very hyped up!!! :) woot! :) The sunflowers growing toward the sweet blue sky, all very healthy, happy, and flourishing :) i love to take pictures of our plants, and gardens :) we've had butterflies, visiting our gardens :) it was such a wonderful start to the day, and the new summer season :)
my family and i want to take this time, to thank you all so very much, for your wonderfully heart warming comments, on our baking friday journal, and pictures :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) We're very happy and delighted everyone enjoyed our adventure, and pictures :) we had lots of fun making the banana muffins, and the corndogs :) i made a cookie monster visit to the kitchen yesterday evening :) yummy treats! :) We've got lots more super fun baking friday adventures planned, all throughout the season :) only 13 more days, until the 4th of July! :) We'll be baking lots of treats, leading up to the 4th of July holiday :) it was a nice relaxing, and peaceful morning :) i enjoyed some nice quality time here on ds, writing to friends :) i was feeling very spirited about the day, my mom and i were talking earlier, she said, "wanna shop today!" :) i said, "you know it, definitely!" :) awww! :) We love going out to shop on saturday's :) i wanted to browse at the dollar store, and walmart, for some nice gifts, goodies, and treasures :)
i went back outside around mid-morning, tended our plants, i wanted to give our plants a nice watering before we went out, as the plants looked a little thirsty : )i had the water hose, watering the plants :) it was around late morning, my mom, dad, and i were getting ready for our super fun adventures :) i found my dad's cell phone (back), outside, near our picnic table :) my dad had been looking for it, for days. :) he was so happy i found it :) We were all ready to go out :) ADVENTURES AWAIT! :)HERE WE COME!!! :) we began our supe fun adventures of the afternoon :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during our adventures, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We first drove over to the dollar store: ) we wanted to buy a few items here :) we found a nice parking spot, close to the store :) i felt relaxed, focused, and ready to shop! :) we walked into the store, i got a shopping basket :) We began to browse around, they're putting lots of 4th of July themed items in the stores :) we were so excited, to see all of it, as we love the 4th of July, BBQ Grilling times :) it's gonna be sweet!!! :)
my mom and i looked at the cards, my dad went on some of the snacks aisles :) i found some nice cards, including a card with 2 turtles on the front, i thought of our dear friend Holly when i saw that card, she loves turtles :) i also bought a birthday card for our dear friend Christine (Aussie85), she's mum's (bloss) daughter :) We were enjoying browsing around the store, i bought these 2 cool aquarium toys for Kayla and Taylynn :) they are grow kits, it's got 2 toy fish inside of it, and you add water, and the fish grow :) very cool! :) i wanted to get these treasures for Kayla and Taylynn :) i also bought some tortilla wraps, some caramel syrup for my iced coffees when i make homemade iced coffees :) i also found some other nice items too :) it was so nice to browse around the store with my mom and dad :) we found some really nice items :) we love the dollar store, they got such a cool candy and snacks/foods aisle :) we finished up shopping, and went to the checkout :) we checked out together :) it went really well, and smoothly :) after we checked out, we walked outside, and i was thinking. "wow! that was awesome! Lets shop some more!" hehe! :)
We put our stuff into our minivan, and then cruised over to our local walmart :) we wanted to browse around there, i wanted to look at the hotwheels, and the garden center :) We parked our minivan, and walked over to the entrance, and into the store :) it didn't look that busy at walmart. i was looking at the men's clothes section, they got lots of shirts :) my dad met up with us, and we were browsing around :) we walked over to the shoes area, my mom bought a new pair of sandals for my sister Lisa :) i knew she would be so happy, she needed a new pair of sandals :) we then made our way over to the hotwheels aisle :) i was ready to browse around :) i was looking at the hotwheels bin, my mom and dad wanted to get a new pillow, they went to look at the pillows, i went on the hotwheels aisle, i was browsing, and doing really well, it wasn't busy on the aisle, and i felt like i was doing ok, and was handling being by myself on the aisle, really well :) i'm really proud of how well i did :) i found some cool collectible hotwheels, i got one for our dear friend Holly :) i saw some cool classic cars too, that looked so neat :) i may buy one of them sometime :) my mom and dad met back up with me, and we walked over to the cats/dog food aisles :) my mom and dad stocked up, for our pets :) we then walked over to the gardening center :)
my dad and i got some more packets of string beans seeds, cucumber seeds, for our gardens :) we love to do some extra planting : )We usually plant up until July :) we found some ncie, 5 for $1 packets of seeds :) i found a really nice treasure in the garden center, for a friend :) i just had to buy that treasure, it's really cool :) we walked over to the food aisles, my mom picked up some cake mix, and frosting for my niece Alyssa, who is baking today :) we also looked at some of the other foods aisles :) The experience was going really well, i felt confident, and was definitely in the sweet calm, relaxing zone :) we finished up shopping ,and went to the checkout :) it went well, i was helping put our items up, and also texting with friends :) i sent a text to our dear friend Emma (Sissy831) :) i know she loves summer time : ) After we checked out, we walked outside, and the golden summer sunshine was shining all around :) we put our stuff into our minivan :) my dad mentioned about going to dunkin donuts, and cumberland farms :) SWEET!!!! :)
At dunkin donuts, i used a coupon ,to get a nice 99 cents iced green tea, my mom got an iced coffee :) my dad waited, as he wanted to get his iced coffee at cumberland farms in Montville, CT :) we cruised the nice backroads route to Cumberland farms :) We were so excited, about seeing the peaceful pond glowing, with all of the sunshine around ,i got to look for the ducks :) i didn't see them, but it's always fun trying to spot them :) we drove to cumberlands, my mom and dad went in, they got some iced coffees, my dad got one, i got one, and we got one for my sister Lisa, who called us, and mentioned she was getting out of work early :) She was so happy we got her an iced coffee :) near cumberland's, there's a nice dollar general store, we may go too sometime :)
On the way home, we took a nice countryside scenic route, in some backroads, behind the post office, way out that way, there's the Thames River, Fort Shantock, and we got to see the Pequot bridge :) we go blueshell crabbing, down by the Thames River, at the draw bridge during summer season :) the sights are amazing, i had my camera, and was taking pictures to share with everyone :) i was sipping my iced coffee :) the golden glow of the sunshine through the trees, shining upon the roads, flowers all around :) absolutely beautiful, summer time is here :) we arrived home, and my sister Lisa had arrived home a few minutes before us :) we gave her, her iced coffee, and my mom surprised Lisa, by giving her the sandals :) She's so happy :) Awww! :)
We're enjoying such a beautiful 1st day of the summer season :) my family and i are doing well, and are in good spirits :) it was so nice going out today, to shop, and seeing lots of beautiful nature :) i've got my iced green tea in the freezer, for later on this evening, and tonight :) our dear friend Holly and i are going to be watching some treasures themed videos on youtube, like videos that show people finding gemstones, and all kinds of cool treasures :) coins, and gold :) we're also going to watch the new episode of ghost adventures tonight :) it's gonna be SWEET!!! :) we love our fun saturday night party night :) Tomorrow, i'm going to be doing some writing, gardening, tending the plants :) i'm so very happy, and thrilled about the nice items i got at the stores today :) i did really well in the stores :) we'll definitely be going shopping again soon : )CHEERS!!! to family, friends, and to celebrate spirited joyful days like today :) my family and i thank you all so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are so very wonderfully nice, sweet, and very generous :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP HAPPY SUNSHINE SUMMER HUGS! :) tonight, i'm going to have a nice healthy snack, and watching videos, and ghost adventures :) there's many more wonderful times to look forward too :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a beautifully sunny 1st day of summer season : )We went shopping, nice countryside car ride, and tending the plants :)iced coffee cheers! :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a good day" :) awww! :) we love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) we hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a beautiful day :) Happy Summer season! :) The season is glowing : )We think of you all often, and you all always have a wonderful place in our hearts :)
COUNTRYSIDE CAR RIDE! :) my mom, dad, and i enjoyed a nice scenic countryside car ride, on the way home today : )We were out in Uncasville, and Montville, CT :) We saw the Thames River, a horse farm, plus we got to see the Fort Shantock, and the Peoquot Bridge :) it's a beautifully sunny, picture perfect day : )blue sky, a few clouds, and lots of golden sunshine :) we love it! :) i took these pictures, during our car ride :)
The Thames River :) 

This is a view of where we go blueshell crabbing, down by the draw bridge :) 

The Pequot bridge :) we've driving across this bridge, many times :) it connects uncasville/preston ct :) 

We saw a beautiful horse farm, and horses outside, enjoying this beautiful summer day :) 


We love countryside car rides :) 




Fort Shantock Park :) 



GARDENING SMILES :) our plants, and gardens are flourishing nicely :) i took some new pictures of our plants, today, and yesterday afternoon :) The plants are growing wild :) i gave our plants a nice watering today : )i'm going to do some weeding in the garden tomorrow, and also planting some more string beans, and sunflowers :) Happy summer gardening smiles :)
Cosmo flower! :) our first Cosmo flower of the season! :) 

Our Pumpkin plants are growing wild :) Grow Halloween Pumpkins, Grow! :) 










We have some small green tomatoes beginning to grow :) 

String beans plants, beginning to grow amongst the garden fence :) 


Grapes :) 


Pears :) 


Apple :) 

Peaches :)




Sunny and Sunshine, are growing wild :) nearly 4 feet tall now :) 




i bought these cool aquarium grow kits/toys, for Kayla and Taylynn :) they love their grow kits :) they filled them with water :) so cool! :) 
i bought this cool collectible hotwheel car, for our dear friend Holly : )She and i collect hotwheels :)
Hi angel friends! :) i'm going to take lots more pictures tomorrow :) Gardening sunday, summer time, this is awesome!!! :)